I took a look at my shafts and you can see by the pics that they are very different from each other. The one with all the spline showing is the trans to transfer box shaft, the one with the brass valve behind is the transfer to rear end, and the one with the spring above is the PTO for the high pressure pump.
I don't know how much engagement there is with that first one, it does look scary. The exposed spline is about the same length as the female side of the joint, perhaps 6" each. The other two look "normal". I tried to wiggle the one side to side and got nothing, my truck only has 6200 miles so even if it were not engaged very far, it might still be tight.
I wonder if they got shafts with long splines on them so they could be cut to length at installation... I don't like that idea but there are a lot of things that Bean did that I would not do. I am hoping yours is an anomaly and mine is not like it.
Mac :{)
1962 K10 short step side, much modified for rally 1969 T50 fire truck, almost nos, needs a few things
